The P5 Spectral Transformer is one of my favorite FX. It shows up just fine in my re-installation of P5v2. The dll is in the 'Shared Plugins' dir with the other stuff. But now, I can't find it in SPro after a 'reset/rescan' of my VSTs. I used to be able to share my P5 FX's with Sonar, but that appears broken now. Any suggestions?
 

You need to check that the "Shared Plugins" folder is in the VST search path in Sonar.

Have you downloaded installed the latest version of the plugin
Which version of Sonar?
Everything 64 bit?
Have you checked the Cakewalk plugin manager? 
+1 Karyn.
 
BTW we can see your email address this thread may help you.
 

Lots of name truncations there. I'm assuming you mean you mean the new Sonar Professional. Sometimes even after pointing Sonar's VST scanner (which it sounds like you have done) you still need to do an FX browser refresh. I haven't done this in ages but I think you need to be in the correct directory in the Browser and hit F5.
 
I've only needed to do this to find new drum patches and the like and as I said it has been a while.

If the plug-in is in Shared Plugins, it is a DirectX plug-in. Given it is a P5 plug-in, it is a 32bit DirectX plug-in. Do not put the Shared Plugins folder in the VST scan path. 32bit DirectX plug-ins will only be available to 32bit SONAR. There is no bridge for DirextX plug-ins. It may be possible to wrap the plug-in in a DX-to-VST wrapper and load it into BitBridge but results using this technique are inconsistent.

Thanks. I tried that earlier today, but will go back and do it again. The installer  for P5 and SPro recognizes that my 'Shared Plugins' is on my E: drive and that's where the files got sent. I'm surprised that I'd manually have to list that to the VST scanner, but did try that (and also the Shared DXI, just in case).  The scanner seemed to find the other FX's located in the Shared Plugins OK. Some get labled as Project5 plugs like the SpecTrans, others don't, so I look through the list of found items pretty carefully. I'll try it again and report results. It wouldn't be the first time I'd done something 'wrong'.

As scook said.  IIRC, P5 came with only DX plugins (although it was compatible with VST).  So, if you are using the 64bit version of SONAR, DX's are a no go for the most part in the 64bit realm.
 
Kind regards,
 
tecknot
 
Edit add. info.:  Confirmed...  P5 plugs show in SONAR x64(bit) but not in SONAR x86(32bit).

tecknot
Edit add. info.:  Confirmed...  P5 plugs show in SONAR x64(bit) but not in SONAR x86(32bit).

Don't you mean the other way around?

The P5 "half rack" effects are bundled with SONAR and ported to 64bit so should be available on both 32 and 64bit SONAR.

Thanks for the fdbk as I try to sort things out. I could've sworn that I'd seen my Project5 Spectal Transformer show up in some version of Sonar recently, but being unable to reproduce it at will, I was reluctant to report it. Some of the fog seems to be lifting, though the path forward still seems a bit murky. This is also why I'm also asking questions about the 32b installs, bridging, DXI's etc. 
 
I'm almost beginning to think I might have to actually install a 32b Win (Vista maybe?) in a VirtualBox to just get some of the god-forsaken DXIs (that apparently don't bridge, again not noted in the upgrade doc's) updated and converted to VSTs. I'll have to think really hard about that one, as a bunch of stuff is just becoming an orphan that I'm not going to deal with. Of course, those projects also get trashed and it leaves me wondering about what to include or not in existing projects.
 
I'm still a bit confused about some of this. For instance, my Pysn-II (DXI) from P5 seems to work OK. I've already converted it to a VST as well, but that one can't find its presets, so may need some more attention.
 
It seems like some stuff relocated OK, but others didn't. More surprises, I hate when that happens. But I shall remain calm and visit my library (with the books and stuff) shortly.